Axel Einar Hjorth
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A lacquered mirror, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden, 1935.
Of rectangular shape with a profiled frame, lacquered in pearl grey, metal manufacturer's label NK R 38579 - C 29752 and NK A·B· NORDISKA KOMPANIET STOCKHOLM. 152 x 57.5 cm.
Wear and paint loss.
Provenance
Doctor Herbert Leman (1900-1969), Stockholm.
Literature
Drawing number 38579 in NK's customer ledger in the archives of Nordiska museet in Stockholm is recorded on 21 January 1935 with the client Leman H Dokt.
Designer
Axel Einar Hjorth is considered one of Sweden's most significant furniture designers during the 1920s and 30s. Hjorth's early employers included Svenska Möbelfabrikerna in Bodafors and the Stockholm Crafts Association. The big breakthrough came as chief architect for Nordiska Kompaniet, a position he took up in 1927 and held until 1938. Hjorth's first major assignment was the Nordiska Kompaniet's lavish stand at the World Exhibition in Barcelona in 1929, to then participate in several major international exhibitions during the following decade. In 1929, Hjorth also breaks new ground and designs the first series of rustic furniture in stained pine, the so-called sports cabin furniture that was named "Lovö", "Utö" and "Sandhamn" after the islands in the Stockholm archipelago.
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